Paris Saint-Germain was there. Last night, the residents of the Parc des Princes won 3-0 against AC Milan. A perfect evening for Luis Enrique’s troops. A technician who was able to rely on two strong elements last night: Kylian Mbappé and Warren Zaire-Emery. The first, captain of the team, had a decent match. He notably opened the scoring for his team, and had great opportunities afterwards. His young teammate shone. In all good moves, he finished the evening with two assists.
For all of his work, he was elected man of the match by the FM Editorial Team, who gave him a score of 8. Other French media also praised his performance. But it is not only in France that the environment has been praised. In Italy, we simply fell in love with him. There Gazzetta dello Sport wrote about him: “Zaire-Emery shines”. The pink paper publication gave it a score of 7 and added about it: “remember this name: he is 17 years old but for Lucho, he is predestined.”
WZE brings everyone together
THE Corriere dello Sport, who put KM7 on its front page calling it “huge”, also fell in love with WZE. The transalpine media gave it a score of 7 and subsequently specified: “at the age of 17, he could have a certain naivety. Then, you see his beautiful game with the ball, which broke the Rossoneri midfielder on Mbappé’s goal, and you understand why Luis Enrique never does without it. He was involved in the 3-0.” Sky Italia said of him: “a huge Zaire-Emery, who at only 17 years old is the MVP chosen by UEFA during PSG-Milan.”
In addition to the press, Stefano Pioli, the coach of AC Milan, was also amazed by the Parisian phenomenon. “He is a very young player, very mature on the pitch, I knew him well, he has a complete range, he is very strong.” An opinion shared by other media across Europe. In England, Skysports called the French U21 midfielder man of the match. In Spain, Sport spoke of a “great game” proposed by the captain of the France Espoirs team. There are many compliments this Thursday morning for Warren Zaire-Emery. Enough to delight PSG who want to dream bigger with him.
Thierry Henry is under the spell
Same thing for the Blues coach, Thierry Henry. Consultant for CBShe confided about it: “the way Warren plays, it’s normal that he leads the game at 17. He was the only one to stand at St James’ Park. He looks amazing right now, and I know people will say ‘that’s one of your players.’ Yes, that’s true, but that has nothing to do with it. He is exceptional, the sky is the limit. I have never seen a player so young be so mature. Usually it’s the strikers who make the difference, but when you play in midfield for a team like PSG where you have to readjust, it’s rare to see a young player in that position. I told him that I gave him the armband because I wanted to see what happened next.
He pursues : “I know what he can do physically, as you can see, he is strong, he can run, he has the ability to pass, he can stop a counter-attack. I wanted to know if he could also stop a player by speaking. So I gave him the armband to see if he could lead a team and speak. This was my way of checking it and believe me, it can. This guy has no limits. Luis talked about Warren’s professionalism and how much he loves the game. That’s very important. Sometimes with many young people, the people around them aren’t there to help them. Warren has a very close-knit family around him that is very close, and these type of players, especially at a young age, need that structure around them to perform. Warren has that on top of everything else. Like I said, the sky’s the limit for this guy.” WZE will appreciate it.
